Telegram-herald., 1887-03-15

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sGozss we're SMASHED. for wo0i isr. sei'lc.
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log conberts sn4 she vera 0f ex-FlcaSns
tie dead and 10aHd-d bean
Superintendent folsota causet several
- Y-lcians iron Boston - Be ssng oat And
Abnez Alden, station Agent a. Dsdnaul.
had n0tlasd tas physici<as thsss. AL II
shou responded iIoAe1 steiy- The am
baiaDess sere also dispatched from tae
4sssae tIsetts. General aud ClsY hospitals
sith . corps 81 surgeons, ShO s-re euaolei
u render valuable assistsnc~ g. tae wound
ed. The news reached police h1sdq aartsrs
within half an houF sfier The accident anc
Deputy Superintendent B4rrill. after siging
orders for a large detail ~ ofheers tom the
nearest stations % rsgort 10 him, started
Tor the scene 81 tie disaster and reached
there about half past o'clock.
Never vas 50 sal a 11ty more expeil-
ti0usly and thoroughly pe.formei. The
dead aud inj jared were quickly taken out,
and never vas there a railroad wreck where
there bad been large loss oI life more
promptly deserted oy al who bad suffered
Ia H. The facs Lhal the accident occurred IN
the midst OF a settled suburban district and
that nobody upon the train was more than
i've miles away from home. made il pos
sioie 10 transport the dead and injured SO
far as ls Vas practicable under the clrcum-
stances.
When J. II. Lannon. the fish dealer,
Nho Vas first on the ground. arrived.
cries and grOans we're coming lrom all parts
oi ths awful heap. Bruised and wounded
people we're cEawling out from all sides.
tie found an axe and climbed upon ths
third car that lay IN the trench, two Others
beng beneath II. The cries Of the injured
came mostly from this car, he Thought tie
crawled through window and went q
work. A woman first demanded his a.
tention. She was pinned down BY the feet
and tEO seats and the body oi a man lay on
iOp of her. The b0Sy aud seats wese soon
gotten out Of the way. Working On the
wood and iron that held her down
caused her % scream with fresh
agony and Il was some moments before snt
sas freed. Lann0n dragged her 20 win
dow and two men. James McLaren and
James Cronan, helped him lift her out.
Four men three OF them dead, were taken
from the car by these three men. By this
time the firemea had arrived and they. with
the uni jured from the wreck, were hard al
~ fnrHri1AnQd
who were injured, and Afterwards were en-
znged in The more difficult task of digging
out the dead from the shapeless tangle OF
deoris. In one of the forward cars
and among the first passengers %
10 be taken out was young woman whose
name has not b. a ascertained, and whose
death-for she was killed outright and ter
ribly mutilafed "a well-was the most shocG-
ing of any of the passengers When ingress
was Obtained through the smashed car and
when the splintersd timbers had been suth-
cientIy removed to allow of any work upon
ths wreck, about the first body reached was
that Of this unfortunate woman. who was
pinned down in the car with the face
iammed between two sills and a most shock-
ing condition. That she was alive see mei
doubtful; still the body was moved
To the terror of her rescuers il was founo
that the head and one arm were severed
frOm the body as though done by knife.
Covered with the rubbish of the wreck. as
she lay there. no possible identiic alton o.
the remains could be made and after fruit
less attempts TO remove her with theil
hands, the rescuers obtained saws anc
Jack screws and after much difficult wors
succeeded in extracting all that remained o
the woman who but a moment before was
full OF life. The body was first removed,
then the mutilated head and finally ;h'
arm. Tenderly the remains were covered
and soon after removed 10 Forest Hills anC
later 20 the city mOrgue.
Then near the stove in each Others arms
were two other young women. both dead
evidently instantly killed. Their heads
crushed almost beyond recognition. They
also lay wedged in between the debris Of th'
wreck. pinned down 30 tightly that aciios
was impossible and here again il required
jack screws. levers and Saws 10 extricate th'
remains one woman who suffered only
and mirsculoasly enough. from Slight iniuri
to her feet was removed fron this I'M
promptu coffin and carried home. An
other woman lay cramped between two cal
seats with life extinct. not a mark appeared
upon her body 70 indicate how death ap
preached. Extended with arms pusneC
ioyard, as though endeavorin< To ward of
the crashing timbers which fell about, bG
rlt not touch ner, sue lAy there a. calm
appearing "a though in sleep but the aSfu
position in which the body lay left M
doubt but that N the upheavai of the over
turning car. the woman becsm'
weslzed bstaeen the seals ans
her Young life slowly crep
from the fraii body. IL was awful. Rign
81 her elbow wss another less fortunate
who. while killed. must have suffered ter
riDle agony before death relieved her Tue
majority OF the passengers IN the cars which
plunged 10 death were women. all yogng.
happy hopeful creatures whore tiilY satCheis
~ith carefully prepared lunches. tolsi
pa'hetically. ss no words could. tas clrcum
stances Of their daily life
Zen Goldsmith a resident OF West Rox-
bury. vas one of the fortunate passen gers
He vas ia the last car 10 land safely ou tb'
further ii e Of the bridge and 50 the ca
which followed his plunged backward and
down into sternity. he Jumped through tbe
rear Of the car aud landed upon the ern
bsnkm-nt safe as the dying cries were sen
up from The indistsuguishabie mass beiJE.
la the nrst car that went down sat SIDE og
side Mr. and Mrs Henry Cardinal Sis
CARDINALS head struck the side Of the cal
and sbe wss instantly killed. Her husband
rscaped with his life. fiis injuries we're
sueslaed up ss follows. Severe scalp wound
confusion of the chest with bloody expec
rorzuon. Confusion Of the hig. besides
severe bruises on Amos every part o.